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Mystery & Suspense November 2019
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| The Second Biggest Nothing by Colin CotterillStarring: witty 76-year-old former national coroner of Laos Dr. Siri Paiboun (who hosts the spirit of a 1,000-year-old shaman).
What happens: It's 1980, and a note tied to the tail of his dog threatens Siri and everyone he loves, sending him searching for clues amidst three incidents from his past: meeting a friend in 1930s Paris, a 1956 Saigon museum visit, and a Vietnam prisoner of war negotiation in 1972 Hanoi.
Why you might like it: Like the rest of the entries in the quirky series, this 14th book features supernatural elements and delightfully wry humor. |
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Strangers at the gate
by Catriona McPherson
Moving into her boss’s gatehouse in the wake of a law partnership, a deacon’s wife is alarmed by otherworldly noises on the property before her boss is brutally murdered. By the Anthony Award-winning author of Quiet Neighbors.
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| Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlayWhat happens: Connecticut librarian Lindsey Norris helps a newcomer find books, and he begins stalking her. When he's killed, the police arrest Lindsey's tour-boat captain fiancé and she tries to find the real killer
Reviewers say: "Rarely does a clean-as-a-whistle cozy qualify as riveting, but this one definitely does" (Publishers Weekly).
Series alert: This is the 10th in the Library Lovers series, and while anyone can enjoy it, those who want to watch relationships develop should pick up the 1st entry, Books Can Be Deceiving. |
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| The Chestnut Man by Søren SveistrupWhat it is: a chilling, suspenseful Scandinavian crime novel featuring two newly partnered Copenhagen police detectives, Naia Thulin and Mark Hess, who don't get along at first.
What happens: A serial killer leaves dolls made of chestnuts and matchsticks at murder scenes and Thulin and Hess follow forensic clues linking the case to a politician’s kidnapped daughter.
For fans of: Stieg Larsson, Jo Nesbo, Jussi Adler-Olsen, or Helene Tursten. |
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| The Bone Fire by S.D. SykesThe place: 1361 England during a resurgence of the plague.
What happens: Oswald de Lacy, Lord Somershill, moves his family to a friend’s remote castle in the Kent salt marshes where other guests have also taken refuge from the disease...and then the murders start.
Who it's for: This 4th in an acclaimed series, which can be read as a stand-alone, will please those who enjoy closed-circle mysteries, atmospheric medieval settings, and deft plotting. |
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Ask me no questions
by Shelley Noble
Despite the death of her husband, Lady Dunbridge is determined to take the dazzling world of Gilded Age Manhattan by storm even if it means immersing herself in a world of murder, romance and scandal where someone like herself simply must do something.
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Agent running in the field
by John Le Carré
Desperate to resist the political turbulence of his 2018 London home, a young man establishes connections that lead him down a dark and dangerous path. By the best-selling author of A Legacy of Spies.
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Pursuit : a novel of suspense
by Joyce Carol Oates
A new bride experiences a recurrence of a childhood nightmare before attempting suicide, compelling her husband to uncover her torturous upbringing by an abusive parent. By the National Book Award-winning author of We Were the Mulvaneys.
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Before the devil fell : a novel
by Neil Olson
Returning to his Boston village hometown to care for an aging parent, Will is embroiled in the case of a mysterious death and the New England witchcraft traditions upheld by his mother’s spirit circle.
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